Nigeria will receive counter-uncrewed aerial systems capabilities as part of a EUR 20 million defence support package from the European Union, according to various Nigerian media reports. The package also includes night vision equipment, counter-improvised explosive device systems and other military supplies.
PR Nigeria said the support is intended to strengthen the operational capabilities of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, particularly in ongoing counterterrorism operations in the Lake Chad Basin.
Business Day reports that the equipment will be supplied under the European Peace Facility, which it says is the EU’s first-ever bilateral defence support package for Nigeria.
Minister of Defence, Christopher Musa, met with a delegation from the European External Action Service led by Claire Gaudin on November 13.
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